Samir Nasri

Was brilliant at Arsenal, best player in their team for a while. He had great moments at City, his goal at Wembley and a winner against Chelsea in the 2012 title run-in if i remember right. On the down side, he should have made it 2-0 and sown it up late on in the 2012 derby game, then it really pissed me off when he let the ball run out for a throw in to QPR in 93rd minute - for about 20 seconds.
 
NorCalBlue said:
Becoming a bit of a lost art these days, I fear. All the kids my son's age (18) want to do is nutmeg their opponents or pull some other sort of crowd-pleasing move to get past people. Looks great the 1 in 10 times it actually works...
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I play wed nite footy...there are lots of adults who still havent quite worked out pass and move...some right greedy bastards who have to touch the ball 6 times then play a killer pass....just to be noticed.....1 utd fan in partc ...always looking to play a scholes long range wonder pass.very annoying.
Still..each to their own.
Back to nasri ..won the league twice wiith us,yet apparently a trouble causer with management ..and lazy. .
Id rather Nasri and his elite technical skills (i learnt something watching him playing football) than some industrious journeyman .. The like of which appears very prominent in our nationals team midfield at the moment.
 
citytilllidie said:
Toure, Silva and Nasri. They couldn't get the ball off them
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Absolutely brilliant to watch in their prime...spurs 1-5 at the lane. Spuds smashed in their own back yard...in the days when they had their own stadium and could manage to put on their home fixtures...ho hum.
 
May have been mentioned but I never forgave him for getting out of the way of that free kick goal for the rags. Players who bottle a tackle Petrov springs to mind, Sterling on odd occasions . They have a few seconds of pain, for a fan it seems like a season, or in my case 5 seasons.
 
I always thought Nasri would be perfect in Pep's style of play but having now seen what he expects from his players, i'm not so sure. Pep has often said that he can accept losing the ball or missing opportunities, but when you don't work for the team then you will be out and i'm not sure if Nasri would have been able to sustain that for a season. Who knows though, he had a great knack for arriving late into the box and keeping the ball and at times he did work quite hard, if Pep could have got into his head he could have been a perfect alternative at 8, but it wasn't to be.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
I play wed nite footy...there are lots of adults who still havent quite worked out pass and move...some right greedy bastards who have to touch the ball 6 times then play a killer pass....just to be noticed.....1 utd fan in partc ...always looking to play a scholes long range wonder pass.very annoying.
Still..each to their own.
Back to nasri ..won the league twice wiith us,yet apparently a trouble causer with management ..and lazy. .
Id rather Nasri and his elite technical skills (i learnt something watching him playing football) than some industrious journeyman .. The like of which appears very prominent in our nationals team midfield at the moment.
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As is so often found, a person’s essential attitude is the key differential in deciding whether or not their team wins.

Sometimes it is demanded, sometimes imposed,sometimes infectious - different leaders make it happen in different ways (and my reference includes Roy Keane in this respect) but always, it spills beyond the individual into those who surround and who can make an impact.
 
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